Alf age 89 an Mia 85 were attacked by 2 africans, Mia had her hands badly hurt, they were locked in their bedroom after handing over all their money. the house was looted.
Alf was still riding his Velosolex bike at the age of 91.

Anne Cane. Born London 16-5-1790. Married John Brown at St Anns Westminister on 26-10-1812. 4 children, Elizabeth, Anne, Christianna and George. The last 2 born 1821 and 27 respectively. Died 19-2-1857 in Grahamstown.
Elizabeth Brown. Presumably born London 18-2-1815. Married Edward Chapman Leonard who died in 1892. 3 children. Died 7-6-1859.
Anne Brown. Presumably born London 17-9-1817. Married Henry Francis Fynn. Died at Swarts Kei when her husband was serving at Tarka's Post. 30-6-1839. I do not think there was issue.
Henry Francis Fynn. (1803 ? - 20-9-1861) was as you may know one of the founders of Natal along with King & Farewell. On the death of his wife Ann, he married Christianna Brown. he died at Fynnlands which I understand is on the Bluff at Durban.

Anthony was Baptised at the Beckington Chapel 12/5/1805.
He married Joan Naish in the presence of Mathew Bourne.
Anthony started the seed business at Beckington in 1760. It continued until 1920.
Will proven 19/10/1809.

The Beckington Chapel was formed in 1786 by 16 people, who built the Chapel on a piece of land which a Mr.Baily had purchased for 20 pounds from a Mr.Steward in London. Of the 16 people who formed the Church one was Anthony Bourne Jnr. another was William Baily, the son of Mr. Baily mentioned above. On the 7th October 1788 a Deed of Trust was set up and of the 9 Trustees, Anthony Bourne was one.

Antonia Waller writes in 1973:
“ …… the old Waller House, off East India Dock Road, not a quarter of a mile from the Docks, overlooking a railway cutting. this house, on a corner, was large, typically Victorian with it's basement and three floors above.

Great-grandmother Waller (Elizabeth nee Brown) lived in this house with her daughter, Rose Palmer, and granddaughter, Gwen. Your father (Joseph John Waller) remembers going there often as a small child, especially at Christmas, and meeting all the Waller aunts and uncles at the festivities. Your great-grandmother was then an old lady with thin, fine hair and must have been blonde in her youth - the type of hair that constantly sheds hairpins. She had been a schoolmistress and was a voracious reader. She boasted of having read all the books in Poplar Library, very conscientiously and logically - starting at the "A" authors and going through to the "Z" - Zola, I presume. He can just remember Great Grandfather (Charles Nathan) Waller, who was tall and whipcordy, dressed in somber blacks, with a high, upstanding white collar and a top hat. He was 'Captain of a dredger' Thames-side before he retired. I don't know if it was usual for a Longshoreman to make any deep-sea voyages, but apparently, he had been a Skipper at some time. The curios in the house may have been brought back by him from "Foreign Parts", although they could have been Aunt Rose's souvenirs at that. Seafaring appeared to die out in the Waller Family as speedily as it had begun.”

Antonia Waller writes in 1973:
“Aunt Charlotte (Jane) was the most intelligent of all the Ryder sisters. She was very kind, soft-spoken and an excellent business-woman. It may be doubted if, for all his drive and energy, Uncle Steve Hatt would have been quite so successful without her help. As a combination, they were redoubtable. They obviously felt there was no fun like work and kept at it hard. The care of their children was left to a servant who had been with them for almost twenty years.”

Antonia Waller writes in 1973:
“The third sister was Kate. She married John Murray, a surveyor. He was a very huge Irishman - big and tremendously fat. John Murray worked for the Council. They always had plenty of money because he "worked" a sweepstake. The details, I don't know, but I've heard of such a thing before - possible only if one is part of a large organisation. I believe the operator of this sort of thing runs a weekly or monthly sweepstake with his wage cheque as prize. It will be seen that if the prize is £100 and one has 200 colleagues who regularly take a £1 ticket, the operator must win, although one can't help wondering if the game is worth the candle - all the trouble one would have to go to. Both Kate and John Murray died young and left no children.”

Antonia Waller writes in “Ryder - Lopez memories” dated 1973:
“Nellie, the youngest of the family, was the Beauty. She married a man named Procter, who worked in a Saville Row tailor's as a salesman. In his off hours he was an enthusiastic member of the Territorial Army and through this connection, Aunt Nell joined the A.T.S. She rose to a very high rank - Commissioner, or something of that sort, whatever the female equivalent of a Colonel is. They had one daughter who died during World War II.”

Antonia Waller writes:
“Florence, was the one who shared a house with your grandparents in the early days of their marriage. She married a man named Frederick Stephens. He was a talented amateur painter, but he died young of cancer, leaving a son and daughter. This daughter married an American Serviceman during World War II and she, her brother and their mother all went to the U.S.A. after the war.”

The French Refugees at the Cape: before 1688 and after 1700: le Febre Pierre
came to Cape in 1683 with wife and child and in 1690 he received assistance for himself wife and two children. In 1700 he was living in the Cape district with his wife Maria de Graaf (or de Grave) and three daughters.

arrived Sydney aged 2 years; Married aged 15 “by special license”. Husband died when she was aged 41. She died after "falling off South Head Cliff" which is where many suicides occurred.
Age 43 on death cert 4634

Arthur became a Deacon of Beckington Baptist Chapel in January 1890, resigned the position in January 1903, then became a Deacon again in 1911 until January 1913, when he resigned, saying he was leaving the village.

In January 1912 he supplied a window board to protect the back of the organ from damage caused by sunlight.

A note in the ld church record book against his name states - "Died in Australia 1922".

At St. Philip's Church, Church-hlll, the mar
riage was celebrated by Canon Bellingham
last night of Miss Georgie Law, daughter of
Mr. H. Law, Kedron, Burgoyne-street, Gordon,
to Sir James Lionel Broun, son of the late
Sir Wm. and the late Lady Broun, Coulston,
Manly. The bride was given away by Mr.
G. H. Godsell. Her gown of silver lame was
trimmed with maribout, and her veil was en-
circled with a silver bandeau, finished with
a cluster of orange blossoms at tho side.
Shecarried a bouquot of pale pink roses
and carnations. Miss Alma Welsh was chief
bridesmaid, and wore a gown of mauve satin
flounced with gold lace. A swathing of mauve
tulle and gold leaves was worn round the
hair, and she carried a bouquet of pink
and mauve flowers. Two little girls, Zelma
Sprague (Victoria) and Betty Anderson, were
also in attendance. They wore pale blue net
frocks, trimmed with pale pink roses, and
wreaths of roses on their heads. Their bou-
quets were of pink sweet peas and carnations.
Mr. Frank Garvin was best man. The re-
ception was held at Sargent's, where Mrs. F.
Anderson (sister of the bride) and Mrs.
Sprague received about 70 guests. The bride
travelled in a .blue and grey tweed costume,
and black felt hat.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 4 June 1925 p 4 Family Notices

At the age of 18, in 1896 when rebellion broke out at Kuruman, over the shooting of the stricken rinderpest cattle he jouned the services, later in the Anglo-Boer war he conducted the supply convoys for the Govt: In 1900 he joined Cillinan's Volunteer Corps at Setlagoli, and took part at the Klipdrift fight, He received 2 medals for the 2 campaigns. After the war took up farming and settled at Lichtenburg. In 1914 he moved to Rhodesia as roads Supervisor for the P.W.D. (site the picturesque Wolfshall road, Selukwe) spent 3 years as Mine Manager at Mashaba, and 11 at Shamva, then worked 11 yrs at the Cam & Motor on the roasters and blast furnaces. In 1941 farmed at "Indiva" Eiffel Flats. Poisoning from a bruise caused his sudden death.